Maine Blueberry Gateau

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 1 pint blueberries, rinsed and drained (may substitute 2 cups frozen wild blueberries)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• confectioners' sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°.
• 2 lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan and dust with flour. (you can also make this cake in a 9-inch cake pan that has been greased and dusted with flour, and lined on the bottom with parchment paper.).
• 3 in a bowl, combine 1 cup of the flour with baking powder and salt and set aside.
• 4 using an electric mixer on medium-high to high speed, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. add the eggs one at a time and continue beating until well blended. reduce the speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture. beat until smooth. pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• 5 in a medium bowl, combine the blueberries with the remaining teaspoon of flour and the lemon juice. spoon berry mixture over batter.
• 6 bake for 1 hour at 350° or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes. if using a springform pan, slide a thin knife around the edges of the cake to release it from the pan before you release and remove the springform. (if using a cake pan, slide a knife around the edges of the cake and invert it onto a cake rack. transfer the cake to a platter, berry side up.) dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.